The ancient Greeks founded Naples in the first millennium BCE. What legends exist about its origin, and what does archaeology ...

Apollodotus II is known for issuing bilingual coins with Greek and Kharosthi (script) inscriptions called drachmas, which had ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable hoard of gold coins thought to be more than 2,000 years old in an ancient Greek city.

Taylor Swift wore an eye-catching Steven Battelle necklace set with an ancient coin at Sunday’s AFC Championship game — the latest in a string of similar styles featuring old-world currency.

Greek elders are sat around a table, listening intently as two volunteers sing the oldest surviving complete musical ...

In keeping with tradition, next month’s Super Bowl will kick off with a coin toss on the field — and it’s a decent bet that up the stands, Taylor Swift will be wearing a coin of her own.

A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week. Carol Ross' interest in ancient Roman currency and history led ...

Archeologists uncover hoard of gold coins linked to ancient mercenaries The 2,600-year-old Persian darics covered a soldier's pay for about one month. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 5, 2024 12:00 ...

Police in Greece dismantled two sophisticated criminal organizations involved in large-scale antiquities smuggling.

The gold coins were found inside a room beneath a home in Notion, an ancient Greek city in western Turkey. They feature the figure of a kneeling archer, a design element used for the Persian daric ...

THE techniques of the production of the officially issued plated coins of ancient Greece have been discussed at length by Campbell1. In the samples examined, it was inferred that the plating had ...

Archaeologists discovered the hoard of Persian coins at the site of ancient Greek city in what is now Turkey. The money may have been intended to pay mercenary troops.